Just a little blog for posting various creations for the BECMI / Rules Cyclopedia edition of Dungeons and Dragons. All hail the Red Box!
Updated whenever possible with a little something, whether a monster or spell or item or just a little list of whatevers.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Magic Item: Harp of the Winter Court

Harp of the Winter Court: The peace and serenity of winter is a valued commodity in many lands; and perhaps nowhere moreso than within the Earth Courts. An enchanted instrument from the Court of Winter -- not that of Water, but of Earth -- the Harp is shaped from purest rock-crystal and ivory steel, etched with patterns of lacy frost picked out in silver and strung with silks spun from the hair of the Eternal Ice Princes.

So long as this harp is being played all those listening to its song are lulled into a feeling of serenity; they are unable to initiate hostile actions, whether against the harpist or another, unless a successful save vs. spell is made. A virtuoso harpist may inflict as much as a -6 penalty to saves, at the DM's discretion.

Lovely. I just thought I should point out that you've replaced Grognardia as my first blog post of the morning. :)

Thank ye muchly, and twice over :3

I even have a vague idea of how this is going to be used in my campaign. Thanks again for sharing your great work.

I'm glad you're enjoying it! :3

On a related note, do you have a genie-sort in your Plane of Earth, an LL version of AD&D's dao? I'm getting more of a celtic feel from what you've posted so far.

I do indeed have genie-types for my elemental planes, Earth included. RC has the djinn and efreet, so I have a starting-point statwise. They aren't in all the Courts, though; and are probably best described as a little less straight-up Arabian in feel than the ones, say, in my beloved Al-Qadim --

But in my take on the planes, "genie" admittedly does encompass a wide variety of humanoid-ish elemental spirits.